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Iran to dispatch 2nd aid ship to Yemen

Iranian Red Crescent Society

Iran is going to send a large consignment of humanitarian supplies for the people of Yemen on board a cargo ship as the country’s first aid ship has now docked in Djibouti.

According to Shahaboddin Mohammadi Araghi, the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s deputy director for international and humanitarian affairs, the second ship will be loaded with 12,000 tons of humanitarian supplies, including foodstuff, for war-hit Yemenis.

It will take one week to load the humanitarian supplies on the ship, he said, but added that a precise date for dispatching the cargo ship has not been set yet.

Plans for delivering the new consignment were made public after Iran’s first ship, carrying 2,500 tons of humanitarian aid, started unloading its cargo in Djibouti on Saturday following coordination with the World Food Program (WFP) for sending the goods to Yemen.

Iran’s Nejat (Rescue) ship set sail on May 11 to deliver the consignment of foodstuff and medicine to the war-hit people of Yemen, who are under a siege imposed by a Saudi-led coalition.

On March 26, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies began to launch deadly air strikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

According to Yemen’s Freedom House Foundation, the Saudi airstrikes have claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Yemeni people so far while more than 7,000 others have been wounded, most of them civilians.

In the meantime, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed that 2,453 civilians have been injured, among whom 130 were women and 234 children.

Also, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched an $84 million appeal to address some of the prevalent humanitarian issues, which have been compounded by a resumption of violence since the humanitarian pause ended on May 17.

According to IOM, over 550,000 people have now been displaced by the conflict, with large numbers heading toward the Horn of Africa.

The US seeks regime change; deal is impossible

Hossein Shariatmadari

Iran’s nuclear dispute with the West which has dragged on for 12 years is nuclear by name only. It does not merely revolve around nuclear issues. Iran is after a satisfactory agreement, but in this dispute the US is looking for an excuse to pursue its regime change policy vis-à-vis Iran.

This is part of remarks made by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor-in-chief of Kayhan, a principlist daily, in a conference on the opportunities and challenges of the Islamic Revolution in Sari on Thursday.

Without doubt, conclusion of a nuclear deal is a zero possibility, Shariatmadari said, citing what the US seeks to get out of nuclear talks [regime change]. The following is the translation of excerpts of his remarks in the conference and the answers he gave in response to the questions of some participants:

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The Americans know that none of their dreams will come true thanks to the Supreme Leader’s tactfulness, even if they got the [Iranian] negotiating team to make promises and imposed some commitments on them through deceitfulness and gamesmanship.

A question arises here as to why the US is insisting on its demands? If we admit that the United States has problem with the existence of an Islamic Iran, we will not look for an answer in the [nuclear] agreement; rather, we can clearly see traces of a regime change project.

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Military option is just a big and hollow bluff to intimidate us. Today this region has turned into a window of the back-to-back defeats of the US and its allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, etc.

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God forbidden, if we gave in to what has been mentioned in the Lausanne agreement, that would set the stage for the US to take military action [against Iran]; in other words, it is exactly against the views of those who say the agreement would help prevent a military attack.

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Return of fallen Iranian soldiers from Iraq stirs painful memories online

Martyr

The remains of some 270 Iranian soldiers who were killed during the eight-year war Saddam’s Iraq imposed on Iran back in the 1980s returned home on Monday [May 18].

The commander of the Missing in Action (MIA) Search Committee of the Iranian Armed Forces said the bodies of the fallen soldiers – who were recovered in Al-Faw, Abu Flous Port, Shalamcheh, Majnoon and Zubeidat – were brought to the country through Shalamcheh Border Crossing in Khuzestan Province.

Brigadier General Mohammad Bagherzadeh further said as many as 175 bodies belong to Iranian divers who were killed by the forces of the Ba’ath regime during Operation Karbala-4 with their hands tied, adding some of the retrieved bodies bore no scars indicating that the divers might have been buried alive.

Etemad daily on May 23 published a report on the martyred Iranian divers and what happened in the virtual world after news of the final homecoming of the divers broke. The following is the translation of excerpts from the report:

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The link of the general’s remarks was shared on Tuesday by Iranian journalists in social networking sites with an emphasis on the divers being buried alive or being killed with their hands tied. From Wednesday through Friday the link found its way to other online pages with users creating their own hashtags – including #hand-tied and #175 – to join fellow online mourners and remember the martyred divers.

Pages on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram became alive with messages on the loss of divers with many starting to share old pictures of the divers as well as a piece of design by Abbas Emad Haghi, a graphic designer, in memory of the divers who finally came back home, but not in one piece.

Abbas Emad Haghi, whose design [featuring an Iranian diver under water] changed hands in social networking sites, wrote in the caption, “When I was working on this design, initially I tied the hands. I got scared. It is horrible to tie somebody’s hands even in the virtual world, let alone in reality!”

Operation Karbal-4, which is known as an unsuccessful military operation of Iran in the war against Iraq, revealed – after several years – its tragic and gloomy face in messages written by online users [Facebookers, Tweeters and Instagram followers] who were not even born when the operation was launched, or they were at a very young age.

Internet users tried to put aside their political, religious and social differences and used the recovery of the martyrs’ bodies as an excuse to show respect for the heroes of the homeland.

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The release of the news of the homecoming of martyred Iranian divers and the shock a hashtag [#hands-tied] created prompted Iranians to set aside ideological and political differences for a while.

Some talked about the loved ones they lost in battlefields and some others spoke about a war which is still ongoing, a war which drags on in Iranian society and among the families of the MIAs as long as their loved ones remain missing.

Hiking in the Heights of Talesh (PHOTOS)

Hiking in the Heights of Talesh

Images of people hiking along the edge of Lake Neor toward Soobatan in the northern city of Talesh posted online by jamejamonline.ir:

 

 

Enemies after split in Islamic society, Ayatollah Khamenei warns

Leader-Koran

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei raised the alarm over hostile moves aimed at inciting rift in the Islamic society, and said that countering such plots requires Muslims’ insight and determination.

“Creation of discord and polarity in the Islamic Ummah (society) is now one of the main plots of the enemies. Thus, all (Muslims) need to be careful lest they raise the talk of differences and turn into a mouthpiece for the enemies of Islam and the Quran,” the Leader said on Saturday.

Ayatollah Khamenei made the statements in a gathering of Quran reciters and memorizers participating in the 32nd International Holy Quran Competitions in Tehran.

“On the agenda of ill-wishers of the Islamic Ummah is fomenting discord in the name of Shiites versus Sunnis, Arabs versus non-Arabs, as well as ethnicities, nationalities and nationalistic zealotry,” the Leader warned, adding that insight and determination are necessary for countering these plots.

Imam Khamenei further referred to “commitment to the commandments of the Quran” and withstanding what “the modern version of ignorance” is trying to impose on Muslims as remedies for the Islamic world’s current woes.

“Unfortunately, the Islamic world today is severely suffering from weakness, poverty, differences and civil wars caused by the pressure of ignorant regimes, and the only way to counter these imposed pressures in surrendering to the Quran and (having) serious determination to move towards its sublime goals,” the Leader stressed.

Shahnameh Reflects Genealogical Iranian Unconscious

Shahnameh Reflects Genealogical Unconscious of Iranians

Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi, an outstanding master of Persian literature who is known for his works on Shahnameh [The Book of Kings] – Ferdowsi’s long epic poem – has said that Shahnameh shows the unconscious of the Iranians which is part of their lineage.

Resalat daily on May 21 published a report on what Kazzazi said – in a ceremony in Semnan to commemorate Ferdowsi – about the Persian myths and his new definition of the unconscious. The following is the translation of the report:

The myths of different lands are not mere fantasies with untraceable background. If we want to properly learn about a nation, the only way is to dig up its ancient myths.

People can psychoanalyze the history through studying the myths. While the history talks about the conscious and traditional methods, people’s unconscious can be traced back to their myths.

Myths make up people’s internal history and their broad, institutionalized unconscious. Based on what Carl Gustav Jung [a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology] says, unconscious falls into different groups: individual, collective and universal.

We can define the genealogical unconscious as individual and universal subconscious [or psyche]. The nature of Iranians’ has been based on genealogical unconscious.

Myths come from genealogical and collective unconscious. They are not created overnight. It takes millenniums to create a mythical symbol.

kazazi1 M. J. Kazzazi, who is a professor of literature at Allameh Tabatabaei University, is also a renowned expert in Iranology. He was named a Memorable Figure in 2005 for his contribution to Persian culture and literature.

Iranian maestro Ali Rahbari invited to conduct New York City orchestra

MMS49

Iranian maestro Ali Rahbari, who is the general music director of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, has been invited to conduct Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of the New York City in a concert.

The concert will be held at Carnegie Hall on September 27, Iran’s Rudaki Foundation announced in a press release on Friday.

Some musicians from the Tehran Symphony Orchestra are scheduled to accompany the orchestra during the concert.

“Performing at the concert is a great honor for me and my country,” Rahbari said after accepting the invitation.

“Contemporary composers will create unique pieces for the Youth Philharmonic concert,” Youth Philharmonic Orchestra has previously announced in a statement.

“These pieces will include music from around the world, and each participating young musician will perform his or her local music as part of the orchestra,” the organizer wrote in the statement.

Shah Abbasi Caravanserai in western Iran (PHOTOS)

Shah Abbasi Caravanserai

Shah Abbasi Caravanserai, Iran’s biggest roadside inn in the past, is located in Bisotun, a city in Kermanshah Province.

The caravanserai is believed to have been built under Suleiman I of Persia, a Safavid king.

The following are photos of the ancient structure released by Tasnim News agency:

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

Iranian Newspapers Headlines
Iranian Newspapers Headlines

President Rouhani’s pledge not to sign a deal that would give away Iran’s military and scientific secrets dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. A terrorist attack targeting a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia also appeared on the covers of dailies.

 

Afarinesh: “We won’t sign a deal that would allow [foreigner] access to Iran’s scientific and military secrets,” said President Rouhani.

The president made the comment before wrapping up his visit to East Azerbaijan Province.

Afarinesh: A ceremony has been held to mark the 33rd anniversary of Islamic Azad University.

Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was on hand for the ceremony.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23


 

Aftab-e Yazd: Massive embezzlement at Tehran-Pardis Highway Company

Two staff members of the company are in custody for fraud and misappropriation of company funds.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Arman-e Emrooz: Dealers of death are loitering around schools.

Police are determined to crack down on dealers selling drugs to students.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Asr-e Rasaneh: “We are determined to transform Internet access,” said the minister of communications.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Asrar: “Some barely literate individuals are interfering with administration of affairs,” complained Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Asrar: “We won’t allow the flames of violence and insecurity to spread to Iran’s borders,” said President Rouhani, in a speech in East Azerbaijan Province.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Ebtekar: “Progress at nuclear talks to draft a final deal is very slow,” said Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi.

Negotiators are to pick up the drafting of the deal in Vienna next week.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Emtiaz: Some 82 percent of female breadwinners in the country are unemployed.

Emtiaz: Some 2,000 antique objects have been seized in the first two months of the year.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Esfahan Emrooz: A mass wedding involving 100 couple suffering from hearing impairment has been held in Isfahan.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Ettela’at: “We are committed to our red lines in nuclear talks,” said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

He also said that the Iranian negotiators won’t allow the West to push excessive demands in nuclear talks.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23


 

Hamshahri: Threats to confiscate as talks remain underway

The US has threatened to impose sanctions on two foreign firms for selling passenger planes to Iran. It has also threatened to confiscate the now Iranian aircraft.

Hamshahri: President Rouhani has ordered the Central Bank to crack down on illegal financial institutions.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Hemayat: Iranian officials react to demands by the US to access Iran’s military sites:

The comments of the Supreme Leader are final; we won’t allow [the other side to push] excessive demands.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Iran:  Construction of a highway partly financed by foreign investors has gotten underway in the northwest.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Kaenat: “The report on corruption in soccer is final,” said the chairman of parliament’s Article 90 Committee.

Players who have forged documents have been referred to judicial authorities.

Kaenat: A deadly suicide bombing has targeted Shiite worshippers in a mosque in Saudi Arabia.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Kayhan: “Some 53 percent of Iranian soil is fit for cultivation, but only 17 percent is actually cultivated,” said an advisor to members of parliament’s Agriculture Committee.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 


 

Mardomsalari: The House of Parties has been reinstated.

At the ceremony, the interior minister vowed to try his best to bolster the House.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23


 

Resalat: “In nuclear talks, some have pinned hope on the Great Satan,” said Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati.

 

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on May 23

 

Iran will not yield to new limitations on peaceful nuclear plan: Speaker

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the Islamic Republic of Iran will not accept new limitations to be imposed on its peaceful nuclear program during the on-going negotiations.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the 32nd International Holy Koran Recitation Competition in Tehran on Friday, he refuted allegations that Iran is after establishing an empire, calling it in contrary to the Islamic thoughts.

“In what language shall we say that in the nuclear program we are only after peaceful technologies? Leader of Revolution has repeatedly reiterated the issue, but it seems that they don’t listen,” he added.

The government of President Rouhani has seriously considered nuclear negotiations so that there were principle agreements, Larijani said, “However, P5+1 are after new tricks and are demanding too much.”

The speaker stressed that the Iranian nation will resist imposing of new orders through negotiations and asked, “Why should there be new fabrications out of current international orders?”

On claims about establishment of an Iranian empire, the Speaker said, “If any country has such assumptions, it is a mistake. We opted for revolution to get rid of oppression.”

“The Islamic Republic is not after an empire. It is against the Islamic thoughts,” Larijani noted.

Referring to the developments in the Islamic World, the Iranian parliament speaker called for unity and prudence among Muslim nations and said, “Some colonialists grab the resources of Islamic countries and give them out-dated arms to take on Muslims.”

He further rejected justifications for killing fellow Muslim brothers because of the so-called security concerns and said, “If anybody has a concern, it does not give them the right to destroy another country.”

Reminding that the post-revolution Iran has not invaded any country in the last 36 years, he added, “Iran’s power is for defending the Islamic Ummah.”

“Wasn’t it Iran that defended the defenseless people of Palestine and Lebanon? Wasn’t it Iran that assisted people and government of Iraq when they asked for it after savage terrorists killed the Iraqi people?”

He said Iran was invaded during the eight years of the Sacred Defense (Saddam-imposed war) in the 1980s, but showed forgiveness based on the teachings of Imam Khomeini who raised Islamic unity within the principles of the Islamic Revolution.

Larijani also condemned Wahhabism as a mistaken extremist thinking which kills Muslims by forging armed conflicts among the Islamic Ummah.